Fix INI parser splitting keys containing a colon (e.g. this:key = value) (#2886)

* Initial plan

* Add --ini-key-value-delimiters flag to fix colon-in-key INI parsing

Co-authored-by: mikefarah <[email protected]>

* Generate separate ini.md doc with its own header for INI scenarios

Co-authored-by: mikefarah <[email protected]>

* Clarify default colon-splitting scenario doc as pre-fix behavior

Co-authored-by: mikefarah <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: mikefarah <[email protected]>
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2026-10-01 10:33:54 +10:00
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co-authored by mikefarah
parent 0ebb678260
commit 78dc444c15
7 changed files with 201 additions and 6 deletions
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@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ yq -P -oy sample.json
rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&yqlib.ConfiguredLuaPreferences.Globals, "lua-globals", yqlib.ConfiguredLuaPreferences.Globals, "output keys as top-level global variables")
rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&yqlib.ConfiguredINIPreferences.PreserveSurroundedQuote, "ini-preserve-quotes", yqlib.ConfiguredINIPreferences.PreserveSurroundedQuote, "preserve surrounding quotes on INI values during round-trip")
rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&yqlib.ConfiguredINIPreferences.KeyValueDelimiters, "ini-key-value-delimiters", yqlib.ConfiguredINIPreferences.KeyValueDelimiters, "sequence of delimiters used to separate keys and values when parsing INI")
rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&yqlib.ConfiguredPropertiesPreferences.KeyValueSeparator, "properties-separator", yqlib.ConfiguredPropertiesPreferences.KeyValueSeparator, "separator to use between keys and values")
rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&yqlib.ConfiguredPropertiesPreferences.UseArrayBrackets, "properties-array-brackets", yqlib.ConfiguredPropertiesPreferences.UseArrayBrackets, "use [x] in array paths (e.g. for SpringBoot)")
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@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func (dec *iniDecoder) Decode() (*CandidateNode, error) {
// Parse the INI content
loadOpts := ini.LoadOptions{
PreserveSurroundedQuote: dec.prefs.PreserveSurroundedQuote,
KeyValueDelimiters: dec.prefs.KeyValueDelimiters,
}
cfg, err := ini.LoadSources(loadOpts, content)
if err != nil {
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ country: Australia
```
then
```bash
yq --security-enable-system-operator '.country = system("/bin/echo"; "test")' sample.yml
yq --security-enable-system-operator '.country = system("/usr/bin/echo"; "test")' sample.yml
```
will output
```yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ a: hello
```
then
```bash
yq --security-enable-system-operator '.a = system("/bin/echo")' sample.yml
yq --security-enable-system-operator '.a = system("/usr/bin/echo")' sample.yml
```
will output
```yaml
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
# INI
Encode and decode to and from INI. Sections become maps, and keys without a section are added to the top level.
By default, both `=` and `:` are treated as key/value delimiters (matching the underlying INI parser's defaults). This can be controlled with the `--ini-key-value-delimiters` flag, which is useful when keys legitimately contain a colon, e.g. `this:key = value`.
See below for examples
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@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
# INI
Encode and decode to and from INI. Sections become maps, and keys without a section are added to the top level.
By default, both `=` and `:` are treated as key/value delimiters (matching the underlying INI parser's defaults). This can be controlled with the `--ini-key-value-delimiters` flag, which is useful when keys legitimately contain a colon, e.g. `this:key = value`.
See below for examples
## Parse INI: simple
Given a sample.ini file of:
```ini
[section]
key = value
```
then
```bash
yq -p=ini sample.ini
```
will output
```yaml
section:
key: value
```
## Encode INI: simple
Given a sample.yml file of:
```yaml
section: {key: value}
```
then
```bash
yq -o=ini '.' sample.yml
```
will output
```ini
[section]
key = value
```
## Roundtrip INI: simple
Given a sample.ini file of:
```ini
[section]
key = value
```
then
```bash
yq -p=ini -o=ini sample.ini
```
will output
```ini
[section]
key = value
```
## bad ini
Given a sample.ini file of:
```ini
[section\nkey = value
```
then an error is expected:
```
bad file 'sample.yml': failed to parse INI content: unclosed section: [section\nkey = value
```
## Parse INI: key with colon
By default, the key/value delimiters are "=:", so ':' is treated the same as '=' and the key is split at the first delimiter found. See the next example for how to avoid this using `--ini-key-value-delimiters`.
Given a sample.ini file of:
```ini
[this:section]
this:line = should really work
```
then
```bash
yq -p=ini sample.ini
```
will output
```yaml
this:section:
this: line = should really work
```
## Parse INI: key with colon, using --ini-key-value-delimiters
Keys containing a colon (e.g. Mercurial config files) are parsed correctly when ':' is removed from the key/value delimiters.
Given a sample.ini file of:
```ini
[this:section]
this:line = should really work
```
then
```bash
yq -p=ini --ini-key-value-delimiters='=' sample.ini
```
will output
```yaml
this:section:
this:line: should really work
```
instead of
```yaml
this:section:
this: line = should really work
```
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@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ package yqlib
type INIPreferences struct {
ColorsEnabled bool
PreserveSurroundedQuote bool
KeyValueDelimiters string
}
func NewDefaultINIPreferences() INIPreferences {
return INIPreferences{
ColorsEnabled: false,
PreserveSurroundedQuote: false,
KeyValueDelimiters: "=:",
}
}
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ func (p *INIPreferences) Copy() INIPreferences {
return INIPreferences{
ColorsEnabled: p.ColorsEnabled,
PreserveSurroundedQuote: p.PreserveSurroundedQuote,
KeyValueDelimiters: p.KeyValueDelimiters,
}
}
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@@ -33,6 +33,23 @@ color_theme = "Default"
theme_background = "False"
`
const colonKeyINIInput = `[this:section]
this:line = should really work
`
// expectedColonKeyDefaultYaml demonstrates the default "=:" key/value delimiters
// splitting "this:line" into key "this" with value "line = should really work",
// since ":" is treated the same as "=" by default.
const expectedColonKeyDefaultYaml = `this:section:
this: line = should really work
`
// expectedColonKeyEqualsOnlyYaml shows the fix: with --ini-key-value-delimiters
// set to "=" only, "this:line" is kept intact as the key.
const expectedColonKeyEqualsOnlyYaml = `this:section:
this:line: should really work
`
var iniScenarios = []formatScenario{
{
description: "Parse INI: simple",
@@ -58,6 +75,13 @@ var iniScenarios = []formatScenario{
expectedError: `bad file 'sample.yml': failed to parse INI content: unclosed section: [section\nkey = value`,
scenarioType: "decode-error",
},
{
description: "Parse INI: key with colon",
subdescription: fmt.Sprintf("By default, the key/value delimiters are %q, so ':' is treated the same as '=' and the key is split at the first delimiter found. See the next example for how to avoid this using `--ini-key-value-delimiters`.", ConfiguredINIPreferences.KeyValueDelimiters),
input: colonKeyINIInput,
expected: expectedColonKeyDefaultYaml,
scenarioType: "decode",
},
}
// iniPreserveQuotesPrefs returns INIPreferences with PreserveSurroundedQuote enabled.
@@ -76,6 +100,24 @@ var iniPreserveQuotesScenarios = []formatScenario{
},
}
// iniEqualsOnlyKeyValueDelimiterPrefs returns INIPreferences with KeyValueDelimiters
// set to "=" only, so that ":" is not treated as a key/value separator.
func iniEqualsOnlyKeyValueDelimiterPrefs() INIPreferences {
prefs := NewDefaultINIPreferences()
prefs.KeyValueDelimiters = "="
return prefs
}
var iniKeyValueDelimitersScenarios = []formatScenario{
{
description: "Parse INI: key with colon, using --ini-key-value-delimiters",
subdescription: "Keys containing a colon (e.g. Mercurial config files) are parsed correctly when ':' is removed from the key/value delimiters.",
input: colonKeyINIInput,
expected: expectedColonKeyEqualsOnlyYaml,
scenarioType: "decode-key-value-delimiters",
},
}
func documentRoundtripINIScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("## %v\n", s.description))
@@ -139,6 +181,8 @@ func testINIScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {
} else {
test.AssertResultComplexWithContext(t, s.expectedError, err.Error(), s.description)
}
case "decode-key-value-delimiters":
test.AssertResultWithContext(t, s.expected, mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewINIDecoder(iniEqualsOnlyKeyValueDelimiterPrefs()), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences)), s.description)
default:
panic(fmt.Sprintf("unhandled scenario type %q", s.scenarioType))
}
@@ -158,6 +202,8 @@ func documentINIScenario(_ *testing.T, w *bufio.Writer, i interface{}) {
documentRoundtripINIScenario(w, s)
case "decode-error":
documentDecodeErrorINIScenario(w, s)
case "decode-key-value-delimiters":
documentDecodeKeyValueDelimitersINIScenario(w, s)
default:
panic(fmt.Sprintf("unhandled scenario type %q", s.scenarioType))
}
@@ -202,6 +248,26 @@ func documentDecodeErrorINIScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```\n%v\n```\n\n", s.expectedError))
}
func documentDecodeKeyValueDelimitersINIScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("## %v\n", s.description))
if s.subdescription != "" {
writeOrPanic(w, s.subdescription)
writeOrPanic(w, "\n\n")
}
writeOrPanic(w, "Given a sample.ini file of:\n")
writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```ini\n%v\n```\n", s.input))
writeOrPanic(w, "then\n")
writeOrPanic(w, "```bash\nyq -p=ini --ini-key-value-delimiters='=' sample.ini\n```\n")
writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewINIDecoder(iniEqualsOnlyKeyValueDelimiterPrefs()), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
writeOrPanic(w, "instead of\n")
writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```yaml\n%v```\n\n", mustProcessFormatScenario(s, NewINIDecoder(NewDefaultINIPreferences()), NewYamlEncoder(ConfiguredYamlPreferences))))
}
func TestINIDecoderInitResetsFinished(t *testing.T) {
decoder := NewINIDecoder(NewDefaultINIPreferences())
firstDocuments, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader("[first]\nkey = value\n"), "first.ini", 0, decoder)
@@ -221,11 +287,17 @@ func TestINIScenarios(t *testing.T) {
for _, tt := range iniScenarios {
testINIScenario(t, tt)
}
genericScenarios := make([]interface{}, len(iniScenarios))
for i, s := range iniScenarios {
genericScenarios[i] = s
for _, tt := range iniKeyValueDelimitersScenarios {
testINIScenario(t, tt)
}
documentScenarios(t, "usage", "convert", genericScenarios, documentINIScenario)
genericScenarios := make([]interface{}, 0, len(iniScenarios)+len(iniKeyValueDelimitersScenarios))
for _, s := range iniScenarios {
genericScenarios = append(genericScenarios, s)
}
for _, s := range iniKeyValueDelimitersScenarios {
genericScenarios = append(genericScenarios, s)
}
documentScenarios(t, "usage", "ini", genericScenarios, documentINIScenario)
}
func testINIPreserveQuotesScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {